WEEKI WACHEE, Fla. — The Hernando County Sheriff's Office has arrested and charged a woman with second-degree murder after they say said she confessed to killing her significant other in a Weeki Wachee home on Sunday afternoon.
Shauna Urive, 23, was considered missing and endangered earlier Monday.
Detectives located Urive and the vehicle she stole from her significant other, a 2005 silver Pontiac Grand Am, later that same day in Pasco County.
According to detectives, Urive confessed to killing the victim during an interview with them.
Authorities said the victim was found after a concerned friend reached out to her family. HCSO said the friend hadn't heard from the victim in several days.
The victim's family members called the sheriff's office and went to her home on Darts Drive, where they helped deputies get inside.
Deputies found the victim dead in a bedroom. The sheriff's office said she was "obviously deceased" and in advanced stages of decomposition.
The sheriff's office said deputies immediately noted "suspicious circumstances" surrounding the death but didn't release additional details. Major case detectives and forensic specialists took over the investigation.
An autopsy will determine the victim's cause of death.
